Match-ignition composition.



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MIKE SHADID, 0F PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

MATCH-IGNITION COMPOSITION.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIKE SHADID, a citizen of the United States, a resident of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match-Ignition Composition, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in match ignition composition, that is, compositions for use in the manufacture of safety The principal object of my invention is the provision of a composition whereby a slow burning match is provided, which may be ignited in a heavy wind or rain and will burn without chance of accidental extinguishment.

In the manufacture of matches according to my invention, I make the stem of card or paste boa-rd, dipped in a solution of chlorate of potassium, preferably in the proportion of five parts of water to one part of chlorate of potassium. This provides a slow burning stem, which when ignited, cannot be readily extinguished.

For the head of the match, I use a composition composed of the following ingredients: gum arabic, bichromate of potassium,

antimony sulfid, glass (powdered), coal .dust, chlorate of potassium and sulfur.

These ingredients are mixed with enough Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

Application filed June 13, 1914. Serial No. 844,902.

water to form a thick plastic mass or paste and the preferable proportion of the ingredients is about as follows: gum arabic 10 parts,'bichromate of potassium 1.75 parts, antimony sulfid 1.50 parts, glass (powdered) 3 parts, coal dust 1.25 parts, chlorate of potassium 3 parts, and sulfur .50 parts.

I use a similar composition on the box containing these matches, for purposes of providing .ignition surfaces, this composition including the ingredients in substantially the following proportions: antimony sulfid 1.50 parts, bichromate of potassium 1.50 parts, chlorate of potassium 3 parts, coal dust 1 part, glass (powdered) 3 parts, sulfur 1 part, gum arabic 3 parts.

This composition provides a very effective match, particularly under the conditions herein'before set forth.

What I claim is A composition of matter including the following ingredients in substantially the following proportions: gum arabic 10 parts, bichromate of potassium 1.75 parts, antimony sulfid 1.50 parts, glass 3 parts, coal dust 1.25 parts, chlorate of potassium 3 parts, sulfur .50 parts.

MIKE SHADID.

Witnesses:

J. M. ANDERSON, P. M. COPELAND. 

